The golf club’s links with Berry Bros go further than just providing wine. On the retailer’s website, there is an advertisement for a black tie event at Wentworth, hosted by Mark Siddle, who runs Burgundy vineyard Domaine Bertagna along with his wife Eva Reh.
Tasting wines include the 2000 Vougeot Blanc, Premier Cru, which retails at around £500 for a case of six, as well as the 1999 Vosne-Romane, Les Beaux Monts, Premier Cru, which costs £1,200 for six bottles.
According to The Sunday Times, Mr Songhua said the claim about his stewardship of the wine was “without merit” and that it was a “pure tactical play to put more pressure on me”.
He added that, while some of the wine had been used for entertainment, most of the bottles were still in storage.
This is the latest chapter in the long-running feud between Mr Songhua and Mr Ruayrungruang, who is one of Asia’s richest men with a fortune estimated at $11bn.
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